There Will Be Books

This week we make our October book club selection. Expect some spooky nominations. Also, we attempt a literature trivia quiz (thanks to Broke By Books).

Books mentioned:

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson *October Selection*

On Beauty by Zadie Smith

20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill

A Time to Be Born by Dawn Powell

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

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We ride the rails so to speak and discuss American Rust by Philipp Meyer, our September Book Club selection. We both loved this 2009 novel and describe why. We then discuss who'd we cast in a movie remake.

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This week we have two recommends, Sisters by Daisy Johnson and Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan. We then discuss some new books we're excited about and then conclude with an off the rails conversation about our ideal book store. Topics include, genius grants, trains, bouncers, saloon doors, shot in the dark, stained glass windows, and more!

Books mentioned:

Sisters by Daisy Johnson

Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan

Desert Notebooks by Ben Ehrenreich

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

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This week we discuss pet peeves, bookish and otherwise. Things discussed, Paul McCartney, bathtubs, and highlighting.  Finally, we discuss the books we purchased this week.

Books Mentioned:

The Mother Code by Carole Stivers

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Apex Hides the Hurt by Colson Whitehead

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett

All For Nothing by Walter Kempowski

Extinction by Thomas Bernhard

The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

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This week we discuss our recent reads, The Last Great Road Bum and Alexander the Great: His Life and His Mysterious Death. Two books we recommended to readers. Matt goes in depth on possible alternate histories if Alexander hadn’t died so young. Peter asks which historical revolutions would you be willing to join. Finally, Matt quoted a song in this episode, and is willing to send a book to anybody who can correctly identify the song and artist!

Books Discussed:

The Last Great Road Bum by Hector Tobar

Alexander the Great: His Life and His Mysterious Death by Anthony Everitt

Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer

The Mother Code by Carole Stivers

September Book Club: American Rust by Philipp Meyer

Fall Book Club: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

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This week we debate and pick our September Book Club selection. Hint: it sounds like a real bummer. Also, Matt pitches three mystery books to Peter. Finally, Matt reads another “real” listener email.

Books Mentioned:

American Rust by Philipp Meyer* (September Book Selection)

Paper Lion by George Plimpton

Darkmans by Nicola Baker

A Perfect Spy by John Le Carre

Exile’s Return by Malcolm Cowley

The Good Soldier Svejk by Jaroslav Hasek

The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

The Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

The Last Great Road Bum by Hector Tobar

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This week we discuss Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser, our August Book. An adventure historical novel on the surface but dig deeper and there is more going on. We also cast our movie version of the book.

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This week we put on our professor hats and create college courses. Peter lays out why WWII provides such an interesting setting for novels. Meanwhile, Matt leads the discussion on why society is like prison.

Books mentioned:

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk

The Naked and The Dead by Norman Mailer

The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky

Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada

Against the Grain by James C Scott

Understanding Media by Marshall McLuhan

Welcome to the Machine by Derrick Jensen and George Draffan

Demian by Hermann Hesse

The Magus by John Fowles

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

This week we discuss The Topeka School by Ben Lerner. Spoiler, we both disliked the book. Matt goes in depth about his reasons and Peter gets reminded why he gave the book 2 stars. Finally, three new books that look interesting.

Books mentioned

The Topeka School by Ben Lerner

The Last Great Road Bum by Hector Trobar

Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall

Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World by Amy Stanley

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This week we discuss To Start A War, Robert Draper’s excellent new book about how the Bush administration led the country into war in Iraq. We also discuss Flashman, our August book club selection. Also, Matt recommends Philip Pullman’s book Daemon Voices: Essays on Storytelling. Finally, we end with some new additions to our TBR.

Books mentioned:

To Start A War by Robert Draper

Daemon Voices by Philip Pullman

Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser (August Book Club)

The Silence of the White City by Eva Garcia Saenz

Missionaries by Phil Klay

The Cold Millions by Jess Walter

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